Foot-scraper.



P. H. SHERIDAN.

FOOT SCRAPER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5,1914.

Patented Jan. 16, 1917.

PHILIP H. SHERIDAN, OF FORT MYEB, VIRGINIA.

FOOT-SCRAPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 16, 1917.

Application filed June 5, 1914. Serial No. 843,197.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP H. SHERIDAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fort Myer, in the county of Alexandria and State ofVirginia, have Invented certain new and useful Improvements inFoot-Scrapers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to foot scrapers. Its object is to provide adisappearing foot scraper which shall be simple in construction andcertain in operation; and especially adapted for automobiles or othervehicles.

To this end it comprises the combinations of parts recited in theappended claims.

In the drawings :Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the footscraper ready for use, and applied to the running board of anautomobile; Fig. 2 a sectional view, and Fig. 3 a detail sectional view.

In the drawings 1 represents the bottom of a running board of anautomobile, 2 represents a hinged strap, and 3 is a knuckle orshouldered hinge.

4 is a foot scraper, here shown as preferabl in the form of a skeletonD-frame with a s arpened bottom scraper iece, as shown at 5. The footscraper has ormed integral with it or secured to it on the center topbar a projecting part 6, and a catch-piece 7.

8 represents a flat spring secured to the bottom of the running boardand notched at the outer end, as indicated at 9.

It will be observed that the scra er lies horizontally but does nottouch t e running board. It is, therefore, ready for instant use but inany event does not rattle because of the tension of the spring and itsposition.

Ordinarily the foot scraper will lie as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2with the projection 6 lying in the notch of the spring 8, so that thescraper is thus held up close to the bottom of the running board and outof the way. When it is desired to use the scraper the end of the spring8 is pressed down by the foot, whereupon the scraper drops intoposition, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the head of the scraper being heldin a right-angle relation by the shoulder on the hinge, as bestillustrated in Fig. 3. The spring 8 catches on the catch-piece 7 on theupper bar of the frame, holding the scraper in place for use.

I claim,

1. Ina foot scraper, the combination of a spring secured to the bottomof a support and having a latch formation at the free end, a scraperframe hinged to the support and having a catch piece to engage thespring in one position anda pro'ection to engage it in a position at rigt angles thereto.

2. In a foot scraper, the combination of a scraper-piece with arms ateach side joined by a bar hinged to a support, a projection on the bar,a flat spring whose free end is engaged by the bar or by the projection,depending upon the position of the scraper.

3. In a foot scraper, the combination of a substantially D-shaped framehinged to a substantially horizontal support by its straight top part,an outwardly projecting part at the top of the D-frame, a catch piecealso secured to the to of the D-frame, a flat spring having a note atthe outer end and working in conjunction with the D-frame, so that whenthe frame is released and dropped the catch piece will engage the notchin the spring, and when the D-frame is turned up out of the way theprojection will engage the notch in the flat spring so as to lock out ofposition the scraper until released for operation.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name inthe presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

PHILIP H. SHERIDAN.

Witnesses:

JAMES F. HOULIHAN, B. A. Bownns.

